If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodsen

Synopsis:

 Both Elisha (Ellie) and Jeremiah (Miah) attend Percy Academy, a private school where neither quite fits in. Ellie is wrestling with family demons, and Miah is one of the few African American students. The two of them find each other, and fall in love -- but they are hesitant to share thei…
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Five Rad Books to Read While Self-Isolating

Most of us are going into week 8747594 of self-isolation/quarantine, are just about going crazy from lack of a change of scenery, no diversity in the number of faces we see everyday, and how the pandemic is changing life as we once knew it. That said though, all things considered, I've been ta…
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Typography Tuesday

"Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift you energy to what you can create."
- Roy T. Bennet, The Light in the Heart

These are turbulent times we live in, what with COVID-19 permeating our cities, schools/workplaces, and even our dinner tables (the virus is all we talk ab…
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Game of Thrones: Season 8 Review with Superlatives



You know that feeling of deep satisfaction you get after watching the highly-anticipated final season of a show you've been invested in for a large portion of your life? Because I sure as hell don't. I've delayed the inevitable for long enough, but finally, a review of THE FINAL SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES. In hindsight, I should have at least considered the possibility that I'd be catastrophically disillusioned after watching what ended up being a cluster**** shit show. But honestly, the prospect of THE FINAL SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES being shoddy hadn't even crossed my mind, and I'm kind of disappointed in myself for not seeing this coming. I've been let down numerous times, but not at this scale. I'm an optimistic viewer and that needs to change. Or rather it has, after having seen THE FINAL SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES. 

 During the last couple of months, I've been in a stupor of confusion and denial. Confused that the show that couldn't possibly be had the title of Game of Thrones attached to it and denial because I refuse to believe that this was actually it, and having a difficult time accepting that it was, in fact, it.



🚨 SPOILERS AHEAD: PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK 🚨
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